Florence Dobson

Florence Mary Dobson

Born: 2 April 1863, Preston

Father: James Dobson (b. 1835)

Mother: Isabella Dobson (b. 1837)

Brothers: James Edward Dobson (b. 1859), Arthur William Dobson (b. 1868)

Sisters: Edith Isabella Dobson (b. 1865), Louise Isabel Dobson (b. 1871)

Niece: Millicent Belle Cank (b. 1893 [LDTC 1914]

Marriage:        29 April 1890, Eccleston 

Husband:         Thomas Halstead 

                        b. 1868

                        Farmer

Issue – 

#1 Louie Isabel Halstead (b. 1891)

#2 Cyril William Halstead (b. 1893)

#3 Edith Mary Halstead (b. 1895)

#4 George Lawrence Halstead (b. 1897)

#5 Thomas Hartley Halstead (b. 1900)

In 1871 – 

She is at Latham Street, Preston. Her father is listed as ‘Printer’. Florence, her mother and siblings (James, Edith, Arthur and Louise) are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at 24 Lathom Street, Preston. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Annuity From Lands and Dividends’. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Stationers Assistant’. Florence is listed as ‘Infant Teacher’. Her siblings (Edith, Arthur and Louise) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Ulnes, Walton Lane, Chorley. Her husband is listed as ‘Farmer’. Her sister, Louise, is listed as ‘Living on Her Own Means’. Florence and her daughter, Louie, are unlisted. There is a farm servant, Arthur Brown (b. 1875).

In 04/00 – 

Address is Lostock Brow, Ulneswatton, Leyland, Preston

In 1901 – 

She is at Lostockbrow, Ulneswalton Lane, Chorley. Her husband is listed as ‘Farmer’. Florence and her children (Louie, Cyril, Edith, George and Thomas) are unlisted. Her mother-in-law, Sarah Halstead (b. 1826), is listed as ‘Living on Own Means’. There is a servant, Robert Radcliffe (b. 1886), listed as ‘Cattleman on Farm’.

In 1904 – 

Florence and her family arrives in Canada in Second Class. 

In 04/13 – 

Her daughter, Edith Mary, marries Ernest Stanford Taylor.

d.         10 December 1943, Nokomis, Saskatchewan